The Portland daily press., 1887-05-30
o'BRIEN IN BOSTON.
Citizens OF the Hub Give Him a
Hearty Greeting.
He Addresses an Immense Audience
in Boston Theatre.
Review of His Stirring Times In
Canada.

BosToN, May 29-Editor O'Brien, and
Denois Kilbride arrived in Boston at 1890
o'clock this forenoon. A large crowd at the
depot received them with cheers A COM
mittee from local Irish societies escorted the
visitors to the Parker House. The police
prevented an effort of the crowd to detach
the horses from the carriage and draw the
latter to the hotel by hand. O'Brien break
tasted with the committee, then held a re-
ception In the parlors, after which he retired
70 rest AT o'clock he dined privately with
the committee and at O'Clock went to Bos-
ton theatre, avoiding by means of the rear
entrance great crowd which had gathered
TO greet him. Mayor O'Brien met him inside
and extended welcome. The theatre was
packed, and many distinguished gentlemen
were on the stage. O'Brien was received
with terrific applause. John Boyle O'Reilly
presided and made stirring speech, intro
ducing Mr.. O'Brien. The latter said he was
in bad form owing to the stirring scenes
through which he had passed, but had come
off victorious. He said that American SYM
pathy had been the main stay and hope of
Ireland in many dark hour, and he knew
OF no living force which had so nerved the
hearts of Gladstone and Parnell as American
approval Mr.. O'Brien then reviewed his
visit to Canada, the assaults he was subject
ed to, and the attempts to assassinate him
and said "The murderous work which
Lansdowne went to Toronto to work, which
Lansdowne went to Toronto to patronize,
which he has publicly eulogiZed, and which
to this hour he has never said one word to
disown has recoiled upon his head and not
upon ours, and in Canada today, when in
the old famine time, thousands of the
Lansdowne tenantry were fleeing to die in
the fever sheds without a drop of water to
moisten their lips and to rot in coffinless
graves, "a voice skill him'O there in that
same land of Canada, today, by dispensa-
tion, by retribution of Divine Providence,
in the public pillory before the whole civil
lied world, branded with the guilt, not only
OF an eXterminator but of an instigatOr of
cowardly crime and outrage. Lansdowne it
was who forcedithe fight upon us. He struck
at US from Canada, and in Canada we have
struck him back, :and venture to say here
tonight that outside of little Orange pad
dock in which we have imprisoned them,
Lord Lansdowne no more rules the hearts or
possesses the confidence Of the people of
Canada today than the master of the Orange
lodge on the Shankhill road is the ruler and
representative of the Irish people.
O,Brlen read cable from Jno. Dillon, who
said the following: Lansdowne's evictions
and seizures were going ON upon all sides,
and there was more urgent need of substan-
tial aid from America. Mr. OBrien spoke
at length upon the coercion bill and the
Forthcoming struggle with the landlords. He
then said: "We have promised the tenantry
of Ireland for you that when the rent fund
is exhausted you will not see them suffer and
go down. They will remain encamped they
will fly no more. No man will dare to take
an evicted farm. There will be curse and
blight upon it, and upon the land, and
not one of those landlords will ever draw
one farthing of rent out of these estates. The
Irish people will enter the struggle with hope
and confidence in every fibre of their hearts.
all the genius of Gladstone, all the sympathy
OF America and all the powers and energies
and hopes of the future.
The meeting netted about 5000 for the
Irish fund